Seed-planter.



L. M. HECKART.

SEED PLANTER.

APPLICATION map FEB. 24. 1914. 1,159,584, Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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SEED PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED FEB, 24. 1914.

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Specificatioii of IiettersPatcnt.

PatentedNov. 9 1915 Ap neeeoir fiie'a rbmar 24, 1914. Serial Nb. 820,431.

To all whom izf may concern Beit known that I; LILIlY M.- Hnoimn'r, a; citizen of the United States, residing in F 'ort- Des Moines, county of Polleand State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in SeedPlant'ers, of whiclrthe following is a: specification.

The object of my invention is'toprovide a drill and seed planter adapted for usein planting seed of si'ze* either by a continuous' running of the seed into the ground or by planting the same at regular, measured intervals as'is desirable'in corn planting, or planting seeds in' hills.

A furtherobjee't is'toprovidesuch a device adapted forgai-denin "useas we11 as in the fields.

invention consists of certaindetails of constructionhereinafter set forth. pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theac companying drawings, in which Figure I shows a plan view of one complete side of my seed planter'a nd aportion of the'other secti'on thereof; Fig. II shows a detail view of thetripping'levers I employ; Fig. III' shows a detail viewof" the gearingI employ tor'ot'ate therod which operatesthe stirrers; Fig. IV showsa sectional view, in perspective of on'e'of the s'eedboxes I employ anditsrelat'ionto the seed droping plates and thehollowe'd drill, Fig. V shows a rear elevation view of a part of my device; the frame containing 'the seed boxes and droppingplates being in section; Fig.

VI shows a-sectiona'lviewtalieironthe line 66in Fig. I Fig. VII shows a'pllin view of theframe supporting" the seed boxes,-

showin the seed boxes, seed plates, stirrer shafts, and stirrers in position; Fig. VIII shows a side elevation view of the frame containing the seed boxes, particularly showing a ratchet lever and reels with an arm secured to the said lever andconnect'ed to the operating rod for the reciprocating cut offs;

Fig; IX showsa' detail View, in la n, of one of the seed plates I employ and the means for rotating same; Fig. X shows an additional View of a part of the seed containing frame, ratchet lever and rack with the arm of the ratchet lever detached from the operating rod for the cut offs; Fig. XI shows a detail view of one of the drills which I employ; Fig. XII shows a sectional view of the same. A

Referring to the accompanying drawings the reference numeral 10 is used to indicate the truck, or frame, of my device, mounted on: wheels 11' and 12.

The'n'umerals 13 and 1 1 indicate frames conhected to the truck, one on either side of the=center thereof, sa'idframes supported by wheels 15 and 16, and 17 and 18', respec tivelv, on which they travel. Rigidly secured to saidframes 1'3 and-I4, anddepending therefromis aplurality of hollow drills 19, the channel in said drills being designed to perniit the passage of seed therethrough into the ground. Obviously an orifice is provided in the frames 13 and'14 in line with the channel in each of the drills; Above eachf ofsaid orifices in the said frames is mounted a seed containing box 20, with an orifice 21 in the base thereof, in line with theorificein theframe. Between said seed containing boxes and tlie frame I have interposed a seed plate 1 22', 1 provided near its periphery with a plurality of different sized orifices, 23, all at equal distances from the center, at" which point the plate is 'pivotally secured, for rotation,inthe base of the seed box. The orifices are so arranged that by rotation of the plate anysizedpriiice may be brought in line with the orifice 21 in the base The rotation is accomplished by a worm gear 24' secured for rotation, manually, on'the'upper surface of the base of the frame, operating on a gear providedonthe i)eriphery of the plate as clearly shown in Fig-: FV. Beneath said plate 22' and above the" base of the frames 13 and 14, respectively, is rotatably secured a reciprocating out off plate 25, an. orifice 26 thereiii being designed to be brought in line, intermittently', with the orifices'in thes'ee'd box, the plate QQand the orifice in the frame. The said: cutofi pl'atesare pivotally secured, as shown in Fig. IV, in thebase' of the seed b'o'ix andliigs pi'oj ecting outwardly" from said plates are loosely connected to a sliding lever 27' so that all the cut off plates" are sirnul tanecusl operated. The lever 27 is mounted longitudinally of the frames 13 and 1%, respectively, and one of its ends is pivotally connected with a bell crank on the frame designed to be tripped to move the rod, by lugs 29 secured on the inner surface of the wheels 16 and 18, respectively, which engage said lugs as the said wheels revolve, said bell crank 28 having connection with a member 28 pivoted in a bracket or casting 28 on the frame, through which the action of the lugs on the wheel is transmitted to the bell crank. A coil spring 30, mounted as shown, is used to'return the lever 27, and its out off plates, to their normal positions, which is with the solid part of the cut 01f plates in line with the orifices in the seed box and the seed plate, thus obviously closing the channel between the said seed box and through the hollow drills to the ground.

A shaft 31 extends longitudinally across the frames 13 and 14, passing centrally throi'igh each seed box, and secured on said shaft, within each seed box is a stirrer 32. A gear wheel 33 is secured on one end of each of said shafts, and is designed to mesh with, and be driven by, a gear wheel 34; which is secured to the wheels 16 and 17, respectively, in the manner shown in Fig. III. Obviously the stirrers will be operated by the travel of the truck.

I have provided on the frames 13 and 14 a ratchet lever 35 and rack 36, with an arm 37 which may be secured to the lever 27. By setting the lever 35 in the rack the lever 27 may be retained against the compression of the spring 30, and when in this position the arm on the lever 27 would not come into contact with the lugs on the wheels 16 and 17, and the orifice in the cut off plates would be in line with the orifices in the seed box and the seed plates, thus providing a continuous channel from the seed boxes through theseed plates, cut oif plates, base of the frames 13 and 14, respectively, and the respective hollow drills to the ground. When desired my seed planter is so operated, by the connecting of the arm 37 to the lever 27. It is obvious that when the arm is connected to the lever the said lever may be set at any desired point by the movement of the ratchet lever in the rack. However, the normal position of these parts is suchthat the arm 37 is not connected with the lever 27, thus leaving the lever free to be operated by the lugs on the wheels of the seed containing frame in the manner hereinbefore described. Secured to each frame 13 and 141, and behind them so as to follow, I have provided the harrow sections 39 and 450, respectively, each traveling on its own individual wheels, as

shown in Fig. XI.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by ent of the United States is:

1. In a seed planter a frame mounted on a wheel truck; a plurality of seed holders on said frame and, an orifice in the base of each holder; a hollow drill depending from each holder, the hollow portion forming, with the aforesaid orifice, a continuous channel to the ground; a trip plate, rotatably Letters Patmounted, interposed between each holder and its drill and an orifice in eachplate in radial alinement with the orifice in the holder; a spring actuated lever extending longitudinally of the frame and secured to each trip plate; an arm on the end of said lever; lugs on the inner surface of'one of the wheels of the truck designed toengage, as the wheel rotates, the arm of the spring actuated lever and thereby operate same;

means to hold the trip plates out of opera with the orifice of the seed box, a out off plate pivotally disposed between the drill and the seed plate and adapted to close communication between the drill and the seed box, means for rotating the seed plate, and other means for operating the cut ofl? plate.

3. A seed planter comprising a wheeled frame, a seed box thereon, a drill, a cutoff interposed between the box and drill, a spring retracted lever connected to the cutoff for operating the latter, trip means operable by the rotation of a wheel operating the lever against the action of its spring, and a mechanism for rendering the cut-off and trip means inoperative comprising a lever, an associated quadrant, and a detachable connection between the firstand second levers.

LILLY M. HECKART.

Witnesses ZELL G. Rona, FRANK STEINER.

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